Lethe - Missteps in Summersteppe

Civil action

Lethe leaves behind her love and embarks on a journey to the Canopic Verd, a jungle apparently so teeming with danger it has hidden an entire hunting party for 3 months. Now she ventures to find them, but she has some business in Summersteppe first.

Adhi the Shadow, a fellow former assassin and new "friend" has hired our Heroine to perform an information gathering mission. A group of his finest hunters, led by Oberon, went missing some time ago and Adhi must have closure, but doesn't have anyone as skilled as he to make the journey and come out unscathed. When Lethe came along he saw an opportunity and said he would pay her handsomely for it.   Lethe, devoid of any prospects at the time, agreed, and told him she would leave in a week's time. That week has now come to an end and she leaves the city behind, as well as her new Wife, to pursue this lead and find out what happened. Along with her comes Fran and Och, two friends she has made along her journeys, one pledged to die for her, and the other her newfound brother.   Along their path they pass into Summersteppe, a quaint farming town that seems rather boring. However, shortly before leaving her, Bolet imparted that she ran away from her hometown, not because of a minor squabble with her parents, but because they tried to sacrifice her to a blood cult. This is what occupies Lethe's days in the prosperous farming village. She speaks to a few people about town, including her in-laws, and slowly builds a case, but will she be able to take down the massive organization that seems to run this foul practice, and somehow pry their evil fingers from their grip about the region?